Chapter 282 Guns and Military

The officer put down the new musket in his hand. Without getting close, he could confirm that the wooden block over there was knocked off the shelf. Relying on the new scale sight attached to the side of the gun, medium and long-range shooting no longer requires the shooter to have a certain shooting talent.

You just need to aim the thing called the sight at the target according to the scale.

Obviously, the length of the bullet body is shorter than the paper shell fixed bullet used before, but the new bullet is better than usual in terms of accuracy and range.

The recoil is still as strong as before. The officer shook his arms to let his body adapt to the recoil of the new rifle.

The academy chose to use a thicker paper shell to reduce the temperature residue in the barrel. This problem must wait until the metal loading bullet comes out to be completely solved.

Rotate the bolt and pull the hammer.

The barrel opened, revealing an iron-white barrel with some unburned ash. Pale smoke and some black ash fell out of it. They disappeared in the cold wind without paying attention.

But it also caused more paper shell debris to remain each time they fired, and these thick paper shells took on part of the heat that should have acted on the tube wall.

Fortunately, the structure of this rotating bolt rifle is not complicated, and it does not have complicated auxiliary structures and magazines like its later brothers and sisters. The burnt dust will not accumulate to the point where it cannot fire quickly in a battle, and it can be cleaned with water and cotton swabs after the battle.

Just rotate the bolt and pull the bolt.

It is still a single-shot rifle.

A 12.7mm large-caliber single-shot rifle.

"It's a good weapon."

The officer exclaimed, loaded a brand new bullet, aimed at a distant target and fired.

"With this rapid-fire weapon, we will be more confident when dealing with wild animals in the forest."

"You see, I can still complete the ammunition loading even if I move."

The officer emptied the bullets in the chamber, took out a bullet and put it in his pocket, and walked straight forward.

Flexibly put the paper shell fixed bullet into the chamber.

Click.

Load, aim, and fire.

All in one go.

It takes no more than 10 seconds.

The officers especially like the feedback of pushing the bolt into the chamber and pulling the bolt down to complete the locking sound.

A crisp sound.

When they used the old-fashioned muskets, they had to stand the entire rifle upright and use iron fibers to complete the loading work, which was not only cumbersome, but also impossible to perform tactical actions at the same time.

With the new rifle, they are more confident when fighting the enemy at close range.

The bayonet is always facing the enemy.

"General, I think with this new rifle, now only 10 people on the floating carrier can exert the shooting firepower of 20 people."

This means that soldiers no longer need to pull out the rifle from the shooting window after firing and hand it to their comrades behind them for loading. They can directly place the rifle on the shooting window to fire and load.

"Very good, I saw in your report that a high-risk target appeared near the nearest camp, and a batch of new rifles and 6,000 rounds of ammunition will arrive next week. Do you have the confidence to deal with the high-risk target?"

Chang Heng patted the officer on the shoulder and smiled with relief.

As a commander, he can only focus on the patrol mission of the sky island, which is more important for protecting the camp, to drive away the approaching predator beasts, or to be ready to strike other lords like the undead lord who came that day.

The refinement of responsibilities and division of labor are very important parts of the modern structure. Who is responsible for what work and where is the boundary of whose work.

What level and ability can be used for what kind of work, Ji Lin has already drafted/copied a modern military rank system. But due to time constraints, he has not yet promoted this system, and the time for awarding military ranks has not been determined.

"With your current ability - I have applied to the lord for the highest military rank currently prepared for you, Major. When you come back, you may be a major with a real military rank."

The ore collection work includes long-distance fleets and short-distance fleets: the long-distance fleet is responsible for the ore harvesting work of small and medium-sized sky islands that are farther away but less dangerous. The short-distance fleet is directly responsible for the mining of all ores within a radius of 30 kilometers from the camp, but the danger of large sky islands is much higher than that of small sky islands.

Large sky islands contribute 65% of the monthly combat unit losses with 45% of floating stone output.

80% of the output of magic materials and rare resources also comes from this fleet responsible for nearby ore mining. As long as they handle it properly, biological resources are also an inexhaustible treasure trove.

This is the task of officers. The fleet responsible for short-distance ore collection sheds more blood than others.

He recalled the wasps flying at low altitude with their wings spread and their nests, and clenched the brand new rifle in his hand, which still exuded a faint smell of grease.

"No problem, General!"

Even the major himself didn't realize how much he wanted to try out the effect of this new weapon on the enemy. He was still a little confused about the major mentioned by the general - it should be a position similar to the commander of a hundred or a thousand.

It should be good news, right?

"Very good, go back and make a combat plan report for me, remember to follow the reconnaissance process."

Chang Heng waved his hand, let the major leave, and casually called a ground crew to bring an engineering steam spider to deliver the weapons and ammunition to the armory.

Looking at the gray back walking towards the merchant ship's berth, Chang Heng nodded with satisfaction.

The effect of the first generation of officers has gradually emerged. The officer group that has been trained for nearly a year can take charge of a single task and complete it well.

Changheng can also focus on more important things... After all, he is in charge of the military and construction of the territory in the Sky Island World, and occasionally the lord comes back to help him share some of the workload.

Hold on first, there will be a way.

Ji Lin told Changheng.

The initial infantry given to them by the system has strong talents and initial values, but Changheng and Chongshan, as hero units, have higher basic values ​​and upper limits. These soldiers have performed well and are very competitive. Ji Lin finally has a certain number of elite troops to mobilize.

An excellent army must not lack excellent officers and non-commissioned officers.